If risk managers do not reinvent their role and skills fast enough in the digital age they risk becoming business disablers, delegates at Airmic’s ERM conference were warned this week. Risk managers will simply have to learn tech language and terminology if they want to remain relevant, experts added at the event in London…

Delegates at the recent Pan-Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association (Parima) conference in Tokyo heard from the high priest of a Buddhist temple, as part of the risk management association’s drive to promote corporate sustainability. Mr Kojo Morimoto, high priest of the Todai-ji Temple in the Japanese city of Nara, addressed how the temple, which has stood for more than…

Risk managers are best placed to save the world from climate change but are currently in danger of falling short, in part because they are not working closely enough with the sustainability function to deliver results, according to expert speakers at Ferma’s seminar in Antwerp this week…

Cyber has flown up the ranking and is now the number one risk facing European risk and insurance managers, according to Ferma’s European Risk Manager Survey 2018, which also finds concern among insurance buyers over limitations of cover for such emerging threats…

Problems in the way the EU’s Non-Financial and Diversity Information Directive, also known as the NFI Directive, has been implemented and a lack of clear reporting guidance means organisations are struggling to know exactly how to respond, according to a leading expert at Ferma’s seminar. As a result, the information disclosed is hard to compare and therefore of little value, he added…

Risk managers have been encouraged to help develop a common language, or taxonomy, for digital risks that will enable different stakeholders to understand each other, create common data and ultimately boost resilience…

The risk management community has a big role to play in efforts to tackle climate change by offering its “enormous knowledge” and supporting the strong partnership needed between public and private bodies, according to experts gathered to discuss this critical topic during Ferma’s seminar in Antwerp this week…

Risk managers can play a crucial co-pilot role in helping business leaders meet demand for sustainability, good corporate governance and rapid digitalisation, Ferma president Jo Willaert told delegates as he opened the federation’s seminar…